Unleashing Aspirations While Ensuring Opportunities Could Help Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 371.97 Schools and their activities; special education
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 318564
• Chủ đề: 1. ADOLESCENT HEALTH; 2. GENDER; 3. GENDER AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT; 4. GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING; 5. WDG 3

Tóm tắt

 Teen pregnancies are common in Latin America and the Caribbean and pose risks for the mother and her future family. Though it has fallen, the region has the second highest teen pregnancy rate in the world (55 births per 1,000 girls aged 15-19), after Sub-Saharan Africa (World Bank 2023a). Teenage pregnancy poses risk of health complications and can lead to lower educational achievement and fewer job opportunities (Azevedo et al. 2012
  The Economist 2019
  World Bank 2023a).